Verge – John Thorne of London

A good original George III silvered silvered brass dial clock with verge escapement, dated c.1790. The 12-inch dial is finely engraved – JOHN THORNE, LONDON, with Roman hour numerals within, and Arabic minutes outside the minute track. The dial surround has a fine chevron, boxwood and walnut line inlay, quite subtle and very pleasing.  The concave-section ‘Verge’ bezel is hinged to the right, and has a latch to the left.

The mahogany case with salt box back having a shaped base to secure to the wall and one side door to gain access to the pendulum. 8-day fusee timepiece movement, the tapered plates with bulbous knopped pillars. It has a verge escapement, with pendulum retaining clip on the back of the movement. Original period blued steel hands.